Question

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this poem. Reread this couplet from the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. How does the image in these lines help convey the idea that beauty is temporary?
by expressing that blossoms only have a limited life span

by stating how leaves and flowers are interrelated

by showing the way some leaves act like flowers

by explaining how much time it takes for flowers to wither

Answer 1

This poem , “Nothing  Gold Can Stay”, by Robert Frost is a very short poem, consisting of only eight lines. However, the message is clear.  

Question: How does the image in these lines help convey the idea that beauty is temporary?

Answer: A. by expressing that blossoms only have a limited life span

Robert Frost wants to convey in this poem that nothing, however beautiful and perfect in nature, can last forever. In the beginning of the poem he uses the image of a plant getting leaves and blossoms again in the spring, they are very delicate and so beautiful, but that is how life is. At first we as people are tender and fragile and beautiful, but we all die one day and then it is over, which is the inevitable cycle of life.  

Answer 2

Answer:

by expressing that blossoms only have a limited life span is correct

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